articles 12/11

Michael Crichton Takes on Global Warming in Latest Work
Author Says Environmentalists Are 'Fomenting False Fears'

Real Reform for Social Security
by David Brooks

U.S. News
The power of prayer
for the meek and mighty, saint and scoundrel, an undeniable urge to reach out to a greater being
Seeds of Chaos

U.S. News
The Baghdad Files: A trove of secret intelligence reports shows how Saddam Hussein planned the current insurgency in Iraq Long before the invasion that toppled his regime was even launched

NY Times
New Spy Plan Said to Involve Satellite System

In From The Cold
Deserter Charles Jenkins, who spent nearly 40 years in secretive North Korea, tells his story

Cardweb.com
Gender Gap
The average American female carries about $200 less in credit card debt than their counterpart. A new survey has found that American males have an average of $2,742 of credit card debt spread out over 2.5 cards, and that females average $2,522 of credit card debt on 3.3 cards.

Rumsfeld vs. the American Soldier
What Rummy's survival says about Bush's plans for his second term.
by Fred Kaplan

Wired News
Troops Stay in Touch on Intranet

Racism finds a home in white towers
by William Armstrong

Wired
The Cuban Biotech Revolution
Embargo or no, Castro's socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse. (They're still working on the capitalism thing.)

AP
Fewer Teens Engaging in Sex, Study Finds

Wall Street Journal Editorial
Congress's Paperwork Humvees
First, fix the military's failed acquisition system.

NY Sun
Windfall Likely on Wall Street from Bush Plan

What Alexander had in mind during his reign
The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great.
Steven Pressfield. Doubleday. $24.95. 368 pp.

Getting Serious About Syria
By Bush Doctrine standards, Syria is a hostile regime, so we have a Syria problem.
by William Kristol

Present at the Creation
With Dick Cheney at the inauguration of Afghanistan's first elected president.
by Stephen F. Hayes

National Review Editorial
Humvee Heartburn
Continuing transformative needs.

The Ents of Europe
Strange rumblings on the continent.
by Victor Davis Hanson

Republican Insecurity
A party divided cannot reform Social Security.
by Fred Barnes

The Iraq Effect?
Muslim anti-Americanism is mostly hot air.

'Trust the People'
The "Reagan earthquake" still reverberates through the world economy.
by Brian Wesbury

USA Today
Companies that ban guns put on defensive
Laws pit gun owners vs. employers over right to bear arms

The Democratic Boom
Kiev to Baghdad: Diverse people chase the same goal.

What is Man? Curbing Co-dependency and Eradicating Irresponsibility
by Doug Giles

A loss for Rove
by Robert Novak

Iraqi elections a test of American faith
by Kathleen Parker

Hey Kids! Want Good Sex? Try Abstinence.
by Warren Throckmorton

USA Today
Alison Krauss, Union elation
Success runs both ways — music and popularity

A Legion of Little Helpers
We're all performance-enhancers now. Hypocrites, too.
by Scott Gottlieb

AP
Dusty Baker steps to Bonds' defense

How Can You Be Sure?
by Skip Bayless

Rumblings & Grumblings
by Jayson Stark